There have been over 850 versions of the national anthem How dare they question the sincerity and patriotism of those who sacrifice to make this country, and its anthem, their own?<\/p>\n This is not even the first Spanish language version of What’s next, banning the American Eagle as a possible infection Right wingers, Rednecks and Xenophobes have been working themselves into a dither over the new, We Are El Mundo style Spanish-lyrics version of the National Anthem. As though monolingualism were something to be proud of rather than a national disgrace. … Continue reading ![](\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/himnoo.jpg\")
<\/a>Right wingers, Rednecks and Xenophobes have been working
\n themselves into a dither over the new, We Are El Mundo style Spanish-lyrics
\n version of the National Anthem. As though monolingualism were something
\n to be proud of rather than a national disgrace. As though a spirit as
\n beautiful as that expressed by our anthem could anything but enriched
\n by being translated into other languages.<\/p>\n
\n recorded over the years<\/a>,
\n including a polka version, a kazoo band version, and translations into
\n at least 20 languages, including Serbo-Croatian and Arabic. Who can forget
\n the iconic Jimi Hendrix version from Woodstock, captured so vividly on
\n film and vinyl, denounced at the time as disrespectful and subversive? <\/p>\n
\n the anthem to appear.On a US
\n State Department web site<\/a> (usinfo.state.gov)
\n there are no less than three different Spanish language versions, and
\n at the Library
\n of Congress web site<\/a> you can peruse a Spanish
\n language set of sheet music<\/a> to the US Anthem – from 1917!<\/p>\n
\n vector for the Avian flu?<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"